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Evaluation Study of a Human-sized Bipedal Humanoid Robot Through a Public Demonstration in a Science Museum

과학관에서의 대중 시연을 통한 인간크기 이족보행 휴머노이드 로봇의 평가 연구

  • Ahn, Tae-Beom (National Science Museum) ;
  • Kang, E-Sok (Department of Mechanical Design Engineering, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2015.06.22
  • Accepted : 2015.08.13
  • Published : 2015.09.01
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Abstract

Although human-sized bipedal humanoid robots have been developed as the ideal form of human-friendly robots, studies of humanoid robots from the user perspective and of actual interaction between humanoid robots and the public in daily environments are few. This paper presents a long-term public demonstration that encouraged interaction between a humanoid robot and unspecified individuals. We have collected a significant amount of subjective evaluation data from the public by performing a storytelling demonstration that enhanced people's empathy towards the robot. The evaluation model consists of the robot's human friendliness, which involves its impression on humans, interaction with humans, and imitation of human motions and the robot's human appearance which involves gender, age, height, and body type. This study shows that there is no significant difference in human-friendliness between gender groups (male and female), while there is a significant difference between age groups (children and adults). In human appearance, it appears that there is no significant difference between either gender groups or age groups, except for the case of the robot's height.

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